August 20, 2009, 10:47AM

Southeast Louisiana's Catholic church prepared to install its 14th archbishop Thursday in a lavish ceremony at St. Louis Cathedral attended by four cardinals and 47 archbishops and bishops from around the country. A confirmed guest list released by the Archdiocese of New Orleans included cardinals from Washington D.C., Chicago, Philadelphia and Houston, with archbishops and bishops attending from as... Full story »

November 30, 2009, 4:19PM

The Archdiocese of New Orleans last summer contributed $2,000 to a campaign to repeal same-sex marriage in Maine, campaign finance records there show. The money ultimately went to StandforMarriageMaine.com, the principal engine behind the successful campaign to overturn a law creating same-sex marriage. The state Legislature enacted the law last the spring. Maine voters on Nov. 3 repealed the law by a margin of 53 percent... Full story »

March 11, 2010, 8:24AM

Archbishop Gregory Aymond said he will heed an advocacy group’s call to alert New Orleans area Catholics that the Rev. Robert Poandl, a priest who lived in New Orleans in the early 1970s, is now under indictment for sexual abuse in West Virginia. But Aymond declined to help victims’ advocates with another mission: publicizing the names of 17 people... Full story »

March 25, 2010, 6:11PM

Two closed Uptown Catholic churches will open their doors to pilgrims’ private devotions on Good Friday, making it easier for New Orleanians to observe an old New Orleans custom of visiting nine churches on foot on the most solemn day on the Christian calendar. Archbishop Gregory Aymond said Our Lady of Good Counsel and St. Henry Catholic churches, located... Full story »

August 08, 2010, 7:00AM

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is planning to elevate its profile in St. Tammany Parish by creating an administrative center to better serve its booming north shore flock. The plan to create a free-standing office apart from an existing church parish represents a rare move for the archdiocese, which long has been based on Walmsley Avenue in New Orleans... Full story »

October 18, 2010, 11:15AM

Responding to Bruce Nolan's article, "Archdiocese of New Orleans begins push for priests," reader furryfeet commented: "And, of course, if the "pool" of possible priests wasn't cut in half (i.e. allow women) at the beginning, then the numbers would probably increase." Join the conversation; reply to furryfeet. Full story »